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Many thanks to my beta reader Yolanda

Many thanks
to my beta reader Yolanda. Kudos for the ladies of Flights of Fancy for the
encouragement. Regarding the use of JK Rowling's characters, standard
disclaimers apply.

As with all
my pieces, the tune is also original. Alas, I know nothing about writing down
music. If I knew how to write it down, I'd share it.

And They Claim You Learn Nothing at School (A song for Snape, in
four parts)

Young Snape:
I'll hate you forever, James Potter
I'll hate you for all of your life
And when you are married, with children,
I'll hate all of them -- and your wife.

Yes, Potter, you're only a bully

Black is a thorn in my side

Pettigrew's growing more petty

And Lupin has something to hide.

The people who trust you are stupid
The ones who believe you are fools
I learned that before we were Sorted --
And they claim
you learn nothing at school.

Death Eater Snape:

With cold and deliberate malice
Or simply because you were bored
You decided to make me your plaything
A decision you could ill afford.

There's power here for the taking

Power redresses old wrongs

Revenge is the best use of power

The patient purview of the strong.

All power flows to the cunning

'Tis Slytherin's Golden Rule
I learned that by joining the Dark Lord --
And they claim
you learn nothing at school.

Dumbledore's
Spy Snape:
I know that you harbour a traitor

Who gives all your secrets away

I risk my life over and over

But you cannot see it that way.

My hard-won forewarnings of hazard
Treated like dross in the dust

Yet your failure has been such a pleasure

Who knew that the truth could be just?

You'll die in some foolhardy fashion
Finally out-classed in a duel

I find that image appealing --

And they claim you learn nothing at school.

Potions
Master Snape:
Now my old master is vanquished
Now my old enemy's dead
The traitor is justly imprisoned
The werewolf, in shame, hangs his head.

And here, at last, is your offspring
I see your smirk in his face

Already too much like his father

Flaunting his name and his place.

I'll hate you forever, James Potter

It's now my turn to be cruel

Patience is always rewarded --

And they claim you learn nothing at school.

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